The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, December 02, 1949, Image 2

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From Shanty Town to Francis Hall, Expansion . . .
The Business and Accounting Depart- greater demands by agricultural and en-
ment, with the approval of the Board of gineering students for npn-technical cour-
Directors, will be soon moving from their ses. Not only does tl.is movement of the
quarters in Shanty Town into mor* spac- Business and Accounting Department
ious and adequate Francis Hall, soon to be mean better facilities for students already
remodeled and expanded. enrolled in that department, but it also
Created in 1946, the Business and Ac- means that the expanded facilities of
hunting Department was first an astiort- Francis Hall will permit further extension
flnent of business and accounting courses of the scope of subjects taught by this
previously scattered in department^ of department.
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Already under consideration are plans
by the department to increase their of
ferings in business and accounting cour
ses to provide sufficient studies for men
to major in finance, statistics, insurance,
and personnel management. New courses
that would be added can also serve stu
dents from other schools as electives.
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We hail this recognition by the Col
lege given to the Business and Account-
i n g Department as another step to
ward our dedicated goal—a greater A&M.
with the increased interest of students Physically as well as athletically A&M
majoring in liberal subjects as well as may well say, ‘fWe’re building.”
the School of Agriculture. This newcomer
among A&M departments with its 539 stu
dents was placed under the School of
Arts and Sciences.
Now, after three highly successful
years and the attainment of prominence
enough to claim a home of its own, the
i Business and Accounting Department
bulges with 945 students and an expanded
list of course offerings. »
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ment as well as its parent school, .the
School of Arts and Sciences, has grown
How Red Was His Bankroll
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Russian Communism has now taken Loesser, or Hoagy Carmichael, would
its place in the world of music. Composer write a ‘‘Notes to the New Deal” or “Wel-
Dmitri Shostakovich, not long ago <jlown come to the Welfare State,” we would
to his last baton, joins the ranks of Uncle shudder while watching his personal stock
Joe’s favorite sons. Russian music crit- market crash.
ics are bending over backwards to praise The crowning blow of the Soviet song
the latest work of the composer .‘‘Song
of the Forests;” The new composition
praises Prime Minister Stalin’s refotjesta-
tion plan.
; ThiS is Shostakovich’s fihst. effort since
h£ was taken to task for his music in [1948.
At that time his compositions were termed
‘‘a vicious formalistic* trend against the
people.”. I**- • ) ■}
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last in American musical circles is a mat
ter of professional opinion. If an Ameri-
lin, Frank
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can composer, be he Irving Berlin
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Both Good and Bad News From Europe
. is its words. The words, said to be repre
senting the ‘‘spirit of the music,” contain
these choice phrases: ‘‘If Stalin said it
will be, we will answer. Leader, it is!”
We cannot blame poor Shostakovich
for writing such so-called music, however.
No doubt he had so many rubies sub-
stracted from his biennial pay check that
he couldn’t keep himself in long hair.
Uncle Joe, keeper of the trees, now
strefches the long arm of the lawless in
to the hitherto forbidden realms of musi
cal imagination. !
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Evidently America has not forgotten
a little moustached man fanatically
screaming promises, prejudices, and inevi
table glories of a new German Reich. ;
The Washington government has no
intention of rearming Germany, accord
ing to U. S.; Defense Secretary Louis John-_
sbn and Chief of- Staff General Omar
Bradley! currently conferring with west
ern Europe’s top military men in Paris.
Both leaders, with chiefs of staff of Brit
ain and France, met Monday to formulate
a unified plan for the defense of western
Europe from Soviet aggression.
Defense ministers of countries bound
together by the North Atlantic Pact meet
today to discuss questions and technical catastrophic wars.
ble to their countries’ people are expected
to have the final say on the German ques
tion.
Millions of European hearts are prob
ably beating a little easier due to this re
cent confirmation of America’s policy
against re-arming Germany. This posi
tion had previously been announced by
President Truman artd Secretary of State
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Europeans* no dOubt, can recall only
too vividly German militarism at its height
of power* Their fear and hatred of any
rearmamjent of the Reich has become deep
rooted ini their minds as a result of two
derails of the plan which is backjed by
nearly one billion American dollars'
. On his arrival in Paris, Bradley told
reporters: ‘‘our government does not
think of rearming Germany at this itime.”
In; Frankfurt, Johnson said: “the Uni
ted States has no intention of realrming
Germany. ! . l)
However, not military men but defense
ministers and political statesmen respohsi-
On the heel; of this report, comes the
news that Germany has been allowed on
the strength of its “word” to keep in oper-
alion IQ; synthetic Oil and rubber plants
and eight steel plants.
Owners of these huge industries are
named Rrupp, I. G. Farben, and Thysenn
the very names that ushered Adolph Hit
ler’s rise to power.
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The fiattalioh
"Soldier, Statesman, Knightly Gentleman”
Lawrence Sullivan Ross, Founder of Aggie Traditions
News contributions may be made by telephone (4-5444) or at tke ei
Gloodwin Hall. Classified ads may be placed by telephone (4-5324) or
Office, Room 209, Goodwin Hall. .
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DUice at College Station. Texaa, under
tlte Act of Congreaa of March S, l&TO.''
FILL BILIJNGSLEY, C. C. MUNROE.
^Member of
The Associated Press
Ropreaenl
Tertislng
Chicago, Loa Angela*, and San Franciaco.
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Chuck Cabanlaa. Bill Potta .Srorta Co-edltora
Herman CJollob T Amusement* Editor
Kinnetb Marak. Emmett Trant, Jack Brandt .. Oartoonfata
Martin Howard Photographer
Brad Holme*, Bill HHe*. Hardy Boaa. Joe _ I
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BY HERMAN C. GOLLOB
Chicago Deadline (Paramount)
starring Alan Ladd and Donna
Reed (Campus}, f?
Another New Ygar’s resolution,
made Ip all good faith, has .fallen
along the wayside. y.
On the eve of this monumen
tal year, which has seen the
marriage of Rita and divorce of
Ingrid, I soberly vowed to
brand as “off limits” any theatre
offering as ita feature attrac
tion the minor talents of Alan
Ladd, he of the frozen counten
ance and dronsy monotone.
This oath was taken in the box
office of
where a gala
Letters To The Editor/
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(All letter* to the editor which are algned by a *tud«at or
college and which do not contain obscene or libelous material will be
sons wishing to have their names withheld from publication may reqt
and these nances will not, without the consent of tbe writer, be divulged
other than the editors.)
LETTER FROM LAUFENBERG
Editor, The Battalion:
It seems to me that a class of
’50 veteran who lives in Vet Vil
lage, and who probably has not
lived one day with the Cadet Corps,
nor put in one hours work on any
bonfire, nor attended any yell prac
tice unless his wife made him take
her, would do well to keep his
big mouth shut about the activ
ities of the Cadet Corps.
I jthink the mission, to TU was
damned good; and if this singular
activity will keep us from winning* “Snake” Chai;lton, third line-back-
the sportsmanship trophy, and if
break the poor itty-bitty
Of th»
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such action
any paraona
know oi Whom I any Speaking in
the first paragraph, it is Kenneth
Bond, a so called classmate of
mine. \ A |.
John W. Laufenberg
E Vet Flight
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Some ojf the Battalion stalwarts
are Frahk “Crusher” j Manitzas,
first Hije-backer; Frink ‘‘Per”
Simmen, second line-backer George
er; and Ben “Cash-register” Brit-
it will break the poor itty-bitty tain, fourth line-backer. All
hearts of the Battalion Editors not Battalion ‘ ' "
to tyin it, may I suggest that the
next time the Battalion wishes to
donate money PLEASE USE IT
FOR A SCHOLARSHIP FOR
SOME TEXAS BOY WHO WOULD
MAKE A DAMN GOOD AGGIE!
Just to make certain that you
What’s Cooking
AGGIE SQUARES, Friday, De
cember 2, 8 p. m., Bryan Field
Recreation Center.
CHILDRESS A&M CLUB, Tues
day, 7:30 p.m., Room 226, Aca
demic Building. \
UpAFTS COMMITTEE, (leath-
erwork, metal work) Memorial
- Student Center, Monday, December
5, 6:45 p. m., Room 167, west wing
Bizzell Hall. Organizational meet-
in X- ! \ ]
GALLERY COMMITTEE, Mem-
oriail Sfudent Center, Monday, De-
cemiber 5, 6:45 p. m., RdoTn 157,
west wing Bizzell Hall. Business
meeting.
LATIN AMERICAN CLUB, Fri
day, December 2, ;7:15 p. .m,
YMCA assembly room.
TEXAS A&M COLLEGIATE
4-iH| CLUB, December 7:15 p.
m., Moore House (First house south
of Extension Service Building fac
ing Guion Hall) This' is an organ
ization meeting, all former 4-H
Official Notice
SCHOOL OK KNCI.VEERINU
November 5, 1H9 *
NOTICE—-ID CARDS—Wilt all students
In all schools having ID Cards numbered
below please phone or call at the Dean
of Engineering Office (phone 4-5744 or
4-M44) at 210 Petroleum Building and
give the name corresponding to their card
number. A new list will be published each
day.
H. W. BARLOW. \
Dean ot Engineering '
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486j 488, 503. 504. 505. 506. 507, 510.
521, 529, 537, 1712. 1752, 1786, 1863, 2828,
ftOli, 3177, 3178. 3322, 3403. 3412, 3443,
aiei. 3511 3610. 3709. 3792. 3814, 3851,
3«|5t.2 3895, 3936, 3944 , 4016, 4038, 4055,
4J9(|l. 4198, 4264, 4305, 4382, 4479, 4485,
456). 4673, 6058, 5079, 5013, 6014, 5016,
5296. 5341.
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ers, sin<je they are employing the
Dana X. Bing, No-mah line.
Aggiejand co-editqr, ' James
“Chained-Lightning” Woodall, has
announced himself as )he star of
his squad and adds thjit no other
names need be added io the pro
gram as they will only distract
from thte main attraction.
Battalion staffers were aston
ished t() find their citing sports)
co-editof, Chuck “Grfeat Shape”
Cabaniss is playing on the Aggie-
land grejup. Seeking to sour-gropes
his desertion, they said of his leav
ing, “Aw, we didn’t want yeW po
bow”.
After resurveying the weight he
had to contribute to somebody’s
line, however, they decided to re
tract their statement.
Despite all the undecided factors
underlying today’s game, the Ag-
gieland and Batt squads are cer
tain one of them will: emerge .as
champion of the publications lea
gue—none of the magazines hive
large enough staffs to field a nine
man team.
On the basis of pokver, speed,
and ability, the Aggieland 1950
squad sCems to be a sdlid favorite
in this afternoon’s battle. But no
matter *’hat the score, ^n the write
up—carefully written and edited by
Battalion staffers, e ai c h reader
will swear the Aggielanders were
horribly crushed.
Ah pen, how mightlfcr art thou
local movie Rouse,
reat the New
Year” festival was being held
several critics of the flicker-:
who were, by the way, disgusti _ .
sober.
/ But the appearance of “'Chicag
Deadline” at the Campus, I w,
forced to welch on my seeoiln
firm promise. Publicity
< had promised a story of the ne
paper rack—I mean busin<
and as a prospective dissemina
of the news.1 felt it my duty
see this information film and
a few tips on how a
acts, even if it meant an
spent in the listless company
languid Ladd.
What I actually saw bn the Cai
pus screen was the bilious
sterotyped Hollywood coi
of managing editor and re
the former being a thickwit
heartless character whose chief
purpose in life is to distort (Re
news and make his star reporter
miserable; while the reporter ip a
dashing, douglasfairbankian Su
perman who beats up bad guys,
helps out nice guys, kisses pretty
ladies, outwits dumb cops, and
writes pulitzer-prize winning ator-
ies.
At the beginning. Paramount’s
story actually makes a noise
like an above average myKtery
melodrama. After the first few
reels, however, it is evident that
like the accordion, the whole
thing folds up and becomes
merely • vehicle for the pmjee-
tton of Ladd’s negative sc tees
and a mortician-like deliyenr i
registering not the slightest t
emotion.
Old chestnuts, apart from the
newspaper type, crackle iif the
fire: beautiful, wisecracking, sexy
blonde; urban, cruel, rich businessi-
man; sarcastic, sadistic tough guy,
etc. h\
Sole redeeming features
unhappy little episode arc
formances of Donna Reed
thur Kennedy. Misa Reed combines
fresh beauty with able talents in
her sincere portrait of the tragic
Rosita; Kennedy, always an earn
est and sensitive performer, is seen
as Tommy, Rosita’s brother. , ,
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than the yard marker. That’ll
teach ’em to recruit players with
muscles by printing signs readjhg
“Last Chance to Beat Up the Batt-
xlion Editors”!
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IT IS NEW . ..
IT IS BIG ..,
IT IS EXCITING ...
IT IS SENSATIONAL
What Is It?
IT’S SHAFFER’S NEW
AND DIFFERENT
CONTEST
MONDAY IS TttE TIME.
IR’S BOOKjT
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“HOW DUMB CAN
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Here’s the exciting answer,
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original, official All-America
selections by the American
Football Coaches Associa
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Board of eight top gridirbn
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Be the first to meet the propd ’
winners of college football’s
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Lou has them ot) hand
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He’s right with you”
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